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News24 reports that UDM leader Bantu Holomisa and Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi are holding urgent talks with warring taxi operators in Cape Town to help defuse the tension over routes. Vavi is attending in his capacity as the leader of a union federation.
Drivers, passengers and people in the vicinity of the shootings have been killed. Congress of Democratic Taxi Association's (Codeta) Andile Khanyi advised on Sunday: "We are going to meet at Bellville. We have also invited bishops, priests, and everybody to come and pray for us, because these killings need to come to an end." The Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association's (Cata’s) Mandla Hermanus confirmed the meeting, sandwiched between mediation of the past weeks, and arbitration which starts on Monday. With children returning to school on Monday, the Western Cape Education Department also called for calm. Many operators not part of the fight also did not work last week, leaving people with fewer options to get to their jobs. Some are scared of losing their jobs, and others have lost pay for days missed. Private cars were also shot at as commuters struggled to find alternative forms of transport. On Friday, Western Cape Transport MEC Daylin Mitchell closed the route from Mbekweni in Paarl to Bellville in a bid to prevent further violence. Commuters were advised to use Metrorail services functioning in their areas. Metrorail said the bulk of critical train operations and station management employees were able to return to duty from Monday after a Covid-19 incident, and lockdown Level 4 regulations, and would be able to help ease the situation caused by the suspension of the taxi route.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jenni Evans at News24
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